Sustainable Transport Forum : best practices guide for permitting and grid connection procedures for recharging infrastructure

This report highlights the key findings and recommendations from the Sustainable Transport Forum's 'public authorities' (STF-PA) subgroup survey, conducted from September to December 2021, on the procedures of public authorities, and experiences of market participants with permitting and grid connection procedures for recharging infrastructure. The survey involved 14 local, regional and national public authorities and 11 private stakeholders (market participants such as recharging point operators (CPOs), electricity supply companies, car manufacturers and interest groups). On the one hand, public authorities were asked to provide information about their permitting procedures for recharging points, and distribution system operators (DSOs) and transmission system operators (TSOs) about their grid connection procedures for recharging points. On the other hand, market participants were asked to identify the issues they experienced in relation to permitting and grid connection procedures for recharging infrastructure, along with potential good practices encountered, with a view to disseminating those at the EU level.